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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1891
Page
3
The Independent use Company committee for bad advice finished its evidence gathering last night and will submit the report to the standing committee for action at the next company meeting. Miss Amelie Lowenstein presented a crayon portrait of her uncle, Mr. David Lowenstein, as a gift, reflecting credit on the young artist.
In a sweeping pursuit across the Pacific, the United States cruiser Charleston, after Acapulco, seeks the Itata with telegraphic credit hopes for the Esmeralda to obtain coal. Mexican bans on coal sales persist, but Esmeralda seeks funding to fuel a long voyage, possibly avoiding confrontation with Charleston amid heightened tension over Chilean affairs.
Westminster hosted a large Pythisn parade and trades display drawing about 3,000 attendees from Westminster and surrounding counties. The event opened with a colorful procession along Main and Washington avenues, featuring 25 divisions, a Westminster Cornet Band, and multiple Baltimore and Monumen tal delegations.
A quarryman testifies that E C Duncan attempted to murder his wife by suffocation in a scene witnessed as the handkerchief was removed. Mrs Duncan, injured, calls for her mother as she remains in a precarious condition. In Freesoil, Jacob Shaw pleads guilty to manslaughter for killing his wife and faces about ten years in prison.
The Maryland Classis of the Reformed church opens Thursday at Trinity in Woodberry with Rev. E. R. Deatrick as pastor. It runs to midweek. A Mercersburg College educational meeting follows with several pastors speaking. The sole major issue is adopting or rejecting the General Synod hymn-book as talks on church unity advance.
Sheckies aged forty, wife of John Sheckles, committed suicide yesterday afternoon around five near Wakefield. She placed a shotgun to her breast and discharged the weapon, dying instantly. She had been under treatment for insanity for over a year and left husband and four children.
Boshs Camp Messrs. Charles Miller, Frank Keefer, John T. Lipps, genks figuez and Joseph Foster, who have been in camp at Green-Seid the past few days, returned home last evening with 45 fine bass. They report good time while in camp.
C. E. Haller displays unusually large frogs in his Green House tanks. Among the specimens, one frog tips the beam at three pounds marking a remarkable find for the city’s amphibian collection and attracting local attention.
Four young girls including MM Clive Tel Own suffered minor injuries when a dumb waiter incident occurred at Monterue Hospital yesterday. The injuries were reported as minor and the patients were declared right today.
Delegates confront the question of forming a third party or aligning with existing parties as the Cincinnati convention convenes. Kansas support signals a shift, while eastern labor voices push for a nonsecret platform and broader unity. Several speakers urge caution, warning against premature splits that could disrupt the party landscape.
reports from Washington and New Orleans recount a dispute involving Pasquale Core and Teliau Compal viewing Rome. a consul details discuss a potential meeting with New Orleans officials, while Italian officials seek a calm approach to avoid US Italy strain after recent tensions.
Died at Glen Birnie near Taneytown Roger Birnie aged eighty one a longtime schoolmaster and his six daughters ran a girls school at Thorndale widow and children survive including Mrs Scarborough Dr Clonworthy Birnie banker George H Birnie and Lieut Roger Birnie The same issue records May 16 death of Mrs Margaret A Beckenbaugh in New York aged 86 mother of W O Beckenbaugh with services at St Matthews Church Washington D C Nathan Smith aged seventy five near Linwood Carroll county dies after years of poor health A child Charles Gill son of Dir Buckeys Town dies from membranous croup aged 15 months funeral at Buckeystown graveyard Fr Schroeder undertaker
The Maryland Trotters, a local colored club, played two baseball games yesterday. Morning game at Waterford, Virginia ended Frosters 6 Waterford 4. Afternoon game at Halltown, Virginia saw Trotters 16 Halltown 3. Battery: Stanton and Robinson. Also Emerald beat M C U 9 6 at St Johns Institute. Fairview won both games at Fairview 59 0 vs Bellsville and 64 4 vs Rocky Springs.
Enbalanced Thomas Myers, a white man, was arrested last night by Policeman Brockey and brought before Mayor Bruner. He was committed to jail for 10 days.
The president grants executive clemency in Navassa Island labor affair sentencing George J. Key Henry Jones and Edward Smith to life imprisonment with hard labor. A naval inquiry faulted wages and conditions on the island. The president also commutes other murder and postal case sentences and weighs alimony awards in New York.
Reports from May 1 describe widespread illness tied to tainted fish cured with creosote. Public safety officials detain suspects, search agencies, and urge residents to avoid the affected stock as doctors note many cases yet few fatalities. A local dealer denies using creosote while investigations continue and courts may fund further inquiry. Charters issued for Erie railroad link, Scranton Lace Factory, and Irwin Electric Light and Power under new corporate laws.
New York May 10 A grand jury indicted George Frank on four counts charging the strangling of Carrie Brown alias Old Shakespeare and the subsequent cutting of her body at an East River hotel weeks ago. Frenchy No 1 faces the major murder charges in the proceeding opened this afternoon.
Sam Rowe the Brooklyn handicapper was robbed of 2000 dollars at a Louisville track betting ring as a crowd rested. He showed a large stack of bills, then the money vanished from his vest pocket within minutes. Also notes a reported royal marriage and a Louisville Races results list from May 10 with several race winners including Kinzer Liederkranz and Jubilee.
Philadelphia markets show weathered closes with unsettled boxes across stocks and bonds. Reading and Lehigh notes mixed moves while Pennsylvania issues hold steady and Reading price activity appears varied, with produce and futures quoting unevenly amid overall dullness.
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